† à-la-modenessn.
Obsolete. rare.
The quality of being à la mode; fashionableness, modishness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun]
fashionableness1640
à-la-modeness1669
modishness1676
à la modality1753
tonishness1780
style1807
stylishnessa1817
fashionability1840
swellishness1863
hep1899
hipness1937
coolness1951
hip1956
cool1962
hipdom1962
with-it-ness1963
funkiness1974
1669 W. Penn No Cross, No Crown iii. 32 And men become acceptable by their Trims and the A-la-mode-ness of their Dress and Apparel.
1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. ii. 15 They desire their Children..to employ the same time to acquire serious studies, and à-la-modeness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
<
n.1669